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Summary

One of the most widely adopted texts in the field, Philosophy: The Power of Ideas offers a topical introduction to philosophy within an overarching historical framework. The goal of the authors is to make philosophy understandable while not oversimplifying the material, showing that philosophy contains powerful ideas that affect the lives of real people.

Table of Contents

Powerful Ideas

What is Philosophy?

Misconceptions about Philosophy

The Tools of Philosophy: Argument and Logic

The Divisions of Philosophy

The Benefits of Philosophy

Metaphysics and Epistemology: Existence and Knowledge

The Pre-Socratics The Milesians

Pythagoras

Heraclitus and Parmenides

Empedocles and Anaxagoras

The Atomists

Socrates, Plato Socrates

Plato

Plato, Republic

Plato, Meno

Aristotle What Is It to Be?

Aristotle and the Theory of Forms

Pure Actuality

Essence and Existence

Ten Basic Categories

The Three Souls

Aristotle's Theory of Knowledge

Logic

Aristotle, Metaphysics

Philosophers of the Hellenistic and Christian Eras Metaphysics in the Roman Empire